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Per the UN refugee agency, in excess of 60,000 individuals have escaped the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, which was seized by the paramilitary RSF during the weekend.

There have been multiple executions and atrocities as RSF fighters stormed the city following an 18-month siege featuring food shortages and sustained attacks.

The flow of those running from the conflict towards the community of Tawila, approximately 80km (50 miles) west of el-Fasher, had accelerated in the recent days, as stated by United Nations refugee agency spokesperson.

They were describing terrible accounts of abuses, including sexual violence, and the organization was struggling to secure sufficient shelter and food for them.

Every child was affected by nutritional deficiencies, she noted.

Estimates suggest that over 150,000 residents are presently stranded in el-Fasher, which had been the military's final bastion in the western region of Darfur.

The Rapid Support Forces has rejected widespread claims that the deaths in el-Fasher are ethnically motivated and resemble a trend of the Arab paramilitaries targeting non-Arab communities.

However the paramilitary group has detained one of its members, Abu Lulu, who has been implicated in summary executions.

The group shared recordings depicting the militiaman's detention following confirmation that he was responsible for the killing of numerous non-combatants near el-Fasher.

Social media platform has verified that it has banned the account associated with Lulu. The status remains unclear whether he had managed the account in his name.

Sudan was entered a civil war in April 2023 following a intense power struggle broke out between its military and the Rapid Support Forces.

It has caused a food crisis and accusations of genocide in the Darfur area.

More than 150,000 persons have lost their lives in the fighting throughout the country, and approximately 12 million have fled their homes in what the UN has termed the biggest global humanitarian emergency.

The seizure of el-Fasher strengthens the territorial division in the country, with the Rapid Support Forces now in control of western Sudan and significant areas of bordering Kordofan to the south, and the army occupying the capital, Khartoum, the center and east along the coastal region.

The two warring rivals had been collaborators - coming to power together in a takeover in 2021 - but split over an internationally backed plan to transition to democratic governance.